Any person may deposit in the state treasury, or bequeath money, stocks or public bonds of any kind to be so deposited, or grant, devise or bequeath property, real or personal, to be sold and the proceeds to be so deposited, in sums not less than $ 100, which shall be invested in securities that are legal investments under the laws of the Commonwealth for public funds for the benefit of the University, and in such case the interest or dividends accruing on such investments shall be paid to the rector and visitors of the University, to be by them appropriated to the general purposes thereof, unless some particular appropriation shall have been designated by the donor or testator, as hereinafter provided.

History

Code 1919, § 822; 1956, c. 184.